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Galactic Center Saga by Gregory Benford. Im currently on the second book which is fantastic, the first was only so so but it seems to be improving as it goes along. Wiki Link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_Center_Saga .
Cities in Flight by James Blish pretty good saga set over a whole heap of years both on earth and in space wiki link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cities_in_Flight. I havent read over the whole lot of posts sorry if any have been mentioned already. |
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Space opera
Ian McDonald has been one of my favorite authors from the moment I picked up his first novel, at random. The 1988 Desolation Road is indeed a space opera (still one of my favorite books of all time), as is, to a lesser extent, its 2001 sequel Ares Express. Don't know if either is available as an e-book, but a recent reprint of Desolation Road was hands-down the most typo-laden hard copy book I've ever seen in my life -- to the point of being hard to follow. Just be aware, in reality the text is good.
Anything of McDonald's is extremely rewarding to read. He shows just how well it is possible to write science fiction. May be peerless. For a few free samples of his work: http://www.freesfonline.de/authors/Ian_McDonald.html |
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Really? I think it's totes "space opera". Audible has an excellent audiobook version, I was listening to it just this afternoon. I read all of the Dune series that was available by 1982. I hated everything after the original book, but I dutifully slogged through them anyway. I think, at that time, there was the original book and three follow-ons.
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A classic in the space opera field: Earthblood, by Kieth Laumer (in his prime) and Rosel George Brown. It's available at Baen, currently for $6, as part of a collection with other works by Laumer and Brown writing individually.
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I love all six books in the Dune series, by Frank Herbert. I haven't yet read any of the Dune books written by his son, Brian, but I've heard they're especially horrible.
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I started reading pulp a few years ago, and got hold of some of the Lensman and Skylark novels. While at first I didn't mind them, in some ways they really haven't aged well. You certainly won't find any strong female characters in them. It's very much a product of its time.
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